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ConSequntial Podcast Episode 70 - Big Weird Sci Fi

Episode 70 - Big Weird Sci Fi

March 7, 2017

Back, back again to the stranger edges of sci fi. We ponder whether sci fi has preemptively shifted to reflect our garbage fire times, or whether our reading habits have just taken a turn for the cynical.

Because of the garbage fires.

We covered:

  • Black Monday Murders - Jonathan Hickman and Tomm Coker
  • Those Fucking Dinosaurs (I have no idea where to find this, let us know if you spot it)
  • Descender - Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen
  • Harrow County - Tyler Crook and Cullen Bunn
  • Mare Internum - Der-shing Helmer
  • Dept.H - Matt Kindt and Sharlene Kindt
  • Quantum Teens Are Go! - Magdalene Visaggio, Eryk Donovan, Claudia Aguirre
  • The Firelight Isle - Paul Duffield
  • Leave Me Alone - Vera Brosgol
  • Deep Space Canine - Comic Book Slumber Party (full list of contributors here)
  • Trees - Warren Ellis and Jason Howard
  • Injection - Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvie, Jordie Bellaire
  • The Wild Storm - Warren Ellis and Jon Davis-Hunt
  • Sex Criminals - Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
  • Warm Blood - Josh Tierney, Saskia Gutekunst, Joysuke, Winston Young, Naomi Franquiz, Marina Julia, Olivier Pichard (so far)
  • Epicurean’s Exile - Leia Weathington and Jack Cole
  • Monstress - Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
  • Kaijumax - Zander Cannon
In Podcast Tags Black Monday Murders, Chip Zdarsky, Claudia Aguirre, Comic Book Slumber Party, Cullen Bunn, Declan Shalvie, Deep Space Canine, Dept-H, Der-shing Helmer, Descender, Epicurean’s Exile, Eryk Donovan, Harrow County, Injection, Jack Cole, Jason Howard, Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, Jon Davis-Hunt, Jonathan Hickman, Jordie Bellaire, Josh Tierney, Joysuke, Kaijumax, Leave Me Alone, Leia Weathington, Magdalene Visaggio, Mare Internum, Marina Julia, Marjorie Liu, Matt Fraction, Matt Kindt, Monstress, Naomi Franquiz, Olivier Pichard, Paul Duffield, Quantum Teens Are Go!, Sana Takeda, Saskia Gutekunst, Sex Criminals, Sharlene Kindt, The Firelight Isle, The Wild Storm, Those Fucking Dinosaurs, Tomm Coker, Trees, Tyler Crook, Vera Brosgol, Warm Blood, Warren Ellis, Winston Young, Zander Cannon
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ConSequential Podcast 53 - France And Belgium

Podcast 53: France (and Belgium)

March 10, 2016

How angry is it possible to be about Tintin, a comic where a boy and his dog solve mysteries and occasionally assert the supremacy of Belgium? Really quite, it turns out. That's right, we're covering the comics of France and Belgium (in rage-spittle).

Plus! Learn who's an alcoholic (it's Captain Haddock, and Roger). Which Franco-Belgian comic character has "bad trousers"? What are good names for the Cornish? We'll tell you. You'd better believe we'll tell you.

Our title music is by Canon Hannon's Ham Cannon.

We covered:

  • Long John Silver: Neptune - Xavier Dorison & Matthieu Lauffray
  • The End of a Fence - Roman Muradov
  • Sex Criminals - Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky
  • Orbital - Serge Pelle & Sylvain Runberg
  • An Tain - Colmán Ó Raghallaigh
  • Harrow County: Countless Haints - Cullen Bunn & Tyler Crook (PDF Preview)
  • Miss Don't Touch Me - Hubert & Kerascoet
  • Tintin - Hergé:
    • Cigars of the Pharaoh
    • The Blue Lotus
    • The Black Island
    • The Secret of the Unicorn
    • Red Rackham’s Treasure
    • Asterix - René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo:
      • Asterix the Gaul
      • Asterix and the Goths
      • Asterix and Cleopatra
      • Asterix the Gladiator
In Podcast Tags Albert Uderzo, An Tain, Asterix, Asterix and Cleopatra, Asterix and the Goths, Asterix the Gaul, Asterix the Gladiator, Chip Zdarsky, Cigars of the Pharaoh, Colmán Ó Raghallaigh, Cullen Bunn, Harrow County: Countless Haints, Hergé, Hubert, Kerascoët, Long John Silver: Neptune, Matt Fraction, Matthieu Lauffray, Miss Don’t Touch Me, Orbital, Red Rackham’s Treasure, Rene Goscinny, Roman Muradov, Serge Pellé, Sex Criminals, Sylvain Runberg, The Black Island, The Blue Lotus, The End of a Fence, The Secret of the Unicorn, Tintin, Tyler Crook, Xavier Dorison
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ConSequential Podcast 46 - Comics Continuity

Podcast 46 - Comics Continuity (Where To Start With Marvel and DC)

October 13, 2015

Do you want to get started reading the lycra-clad adventures that Marvel and DC peddle, but you're put off by the huge gnarled continuity that has built up over the best part of a century? Batman, X-Men, Superman - all have accreted a vast mythology full of plot holes, reboots, crises many and various, but fear not - we're here to help with some surefire techniques to get you past the initial confusion, and to make sure you find the good stuff. Thanks to Tom Howard on Twitter for the setup.

Leap straight to the 1 hour, 1 minute mark if it's just that that you're after, or stick around for: plenty of new things! A series of crimes done in Dave's house! An introduction to homebrewing! Haikus! The secret history of nutmeg! Who could want more? It's a bumper episode!

We covered:

  • Check Please! - Ngozi Ukazu
  • Fires Above Hyperion - Patrick Atangan
  • Descender -  Jeff Lemire & Justin Nguyen
  • Aama - Frederick Peeters
  • Paper Girls - Brian K Vaughan & Cliff Chiang
  • Space Dumplins - Craig Thompson & Dave Stewart
  • Sex Criminals - Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky
  • The Fifth Beatle - Vivek Tiwary, Andrew C Robinson
  • Nathaniel's Nutmeg - Giles Milton

The suggestions for starting points:

  • All-Star Superman - Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely
  • Batman: Year One - Frank Miller & David Mazucchelli
  • The Ultimates - Mark Millar & Bryan Hitch
  • Astonishing X-Men - Joss Whedon & John Cassidy
  • FF - Matt Fraction & Mike Allred
  • She-Hulk - Dan Slott, Various
  • Hawkeye - Matt Fraction, David Aja, Matt Hollingsworth
  • Moon Knight - Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire
  • DC: The New Frontier - Darwyn Cooke
  • Daredevil - Brian Michael Bendis, various artists
  • Spider-Man: Blue - Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale

Even Batman knows Cyclops is a dick.

In Podcast Tags Aama, All-Star Superman, Andrew C Robinson, Astonishing X-Men, Batman: Year One, Brian K Vaughan, Brian Michael Bendis, Bryan Hitch, Check Please!, Chip Zdarsky, Cliff Chiang, Craig Thompson, Dan Slott, Daredevil, Darwyn Cooke, Dave Stewart, David Aja, David Mazucchelli, DC: The New Frontier, Declan Shalvey, Descender, FF, Fires Above Hyperion, Frank Miller, Frank Quitely, Frederick Peeters, Grant Morrison, Hawkeye, Jeff Lemire, Jeph Loeb, John Cassidy, Jordie Bellaire, Joss Whedon, Justin Nguyen, Mark Millar, Matt Fraction, Matt Hollingsworth, Mike Allred, Moon Knight, Ngozi Ukazu, Paper Girls, Patrick Atangan, Sex Criminals, She-Hulk, Space Dumplins, Spider-Man: Blue, The Fifth Beatle, The Ultimates, Tim Sale, Vivek Tiwary, Warren Ellis
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ConSequential Podcast 33

Podcast Episode 33: She Makes Comics

February 20, 2015

This week we watched Marissa Stotter's documentary She Makes Comics, a history of women in comics creation and fandom. We also run down some recent comics that we've been reading.

I've got to level with you, Lucy says "anus" repeatedly in this episode for no discernible reason. Also you can find out what swimming certificates we each have. Shall we?

This week we read:

  • Saga - Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples
  • Wytches - Scott Snyder and Jock
  • Friends With Boys - Faith Erin Hicks
  • I Don’t Like My Hair Neat 2 - Julia Schiele
  • The Side Effects of the Cocaine - Sean T Collins/Isaac Moylan
  • Satellite Sam - Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin
  • Velvet - Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting, Elizabeth Breitweiser
  • Sex Criminals - Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
  • Casanova: Acedia - Matt Fraction, Michael Chabon, Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon
  • Miss Don’t Touch Me - Hubert and Kerascoet
  • The Sculptor - Scott McCloud
  • Nameless - Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham, Nathan Fairbairn
  • Trees - Warren Ellis and Jason Howard

And that Matt Kindt comic Roger was talking about was Divinity.

In Podcast Tags Brian K Vaughan, Casanova: Acedia, Chip Zdarsky, Chris Burnham, Ed Brubaker, Elizabeth Breitweiser, Fabio Moon, Fiona Staples, Friends With Boys - Faith Erin Hicks, Gabriel Ba, Grant Morrison, Howard Chaykin, Hubert, I Don’t Like My Hair Neat 2, Isaac Moylan, Jason Howard, Jock, Julia Schiele, Kerascoët, Marissa Stotter, Matt Fraction, Michael Chabon, Miss Don’t Touch Me, Nameless, Nathan Fairbairn, Saga, Satellite Sam, Scott McCloud, Scott Snyder, Sean T Collins, Sequart, Sex Criminals, Steve Epting, The Sculptor, The Side Effects of the Cocaine, Trees, Velvet, Warren Ellis, wytches
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ConSequential Podcast 21 - Music

Podcast Episode 21 - Music

July 8, 2014

With The Wicked and the Divine out, we look at some other comics that touch on music, or have music at their core, as well as ranting about publishing and hearing about the time Dave nearly had a breakdown in a supermarket when Avril Lavigne came on the radio.

We also discuss different approaches you can take in the workplace when faced with a Phantom Pooper. It's basically a public service we're running here.

We talk about:

  • The Wicked and the Divine - Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie
  • Phonogram: The Singles Club - Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie
  • Silver Surfer - Dan Slott, Mike Allred, Laura Allred
  • Sex Criminals - Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
  • The Fifth Beatle - Vivek Tiwary, Kyle Baker, Andrew C Robinson
  • Chew - Rob Guillory, John Layman
  • Hip Hop Family Tree - Ed Piskor
  • 100% - Paul Pope
  • Krent Able's Big Book of Mischief - Krent Able

Roger shitting on about poetry:

  • The collected poems of Edward Dorn
  • Text of On the debt my mother owed to Sears Roebuck
In Podcast Tags 100%, Andrew C Robinson, Chew - Rob Guillory, Chip Zdarsky, Dan Slott, Ed Piskor, Hip-Hop Family Tree, Jamie McKelvie, John Layman, Kieron Gillen, Krent Able, Krent Able's Big Book of Mischief, Kyle Baker, Laura Allred, Matt Fraction, Mike Allred, Paul Pope, Phonogram: The Singles Club, Sex Criminals, Silver Surfer, The Fifth Beatle - Vivek Tiwary, The Wicked and the Divine
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Crime Comics Podcast - ConSequential.net

Podcast Episode 17 - Crime

April 28, 2014

CRIME IS EVERYWHERE. Well, there's a bit. There's a lot in comics too! We take a detailed forensic look at some of our favourite pulp and noir comics, talk about some real life crimes that may or may not have happened. They're pretty exciting crimes! Plus the usual filth and nonsense.

Comics we covered in this episode:

  • Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson
  • Zombo by Al Ewing and Henry Flint
  • Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba
  • Parker by Darwyn Cooke, adapted from Donald Westlake
  • Fatale by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips
  • Mass Effect: Redemption by Various
  • Blacksad by Juanjo Guarnido and Juan Diaz Canales
  • Britten & Brulightly by Hannah Berry
  • Batman ‘66 by Various
  • East of West by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta
  • Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Emma Rios and Jordie Bellaire
  • Whiteout by Ed Rucka and Steve Lieber
  • Lumberjanes by Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson and Brooke A. Allen
  • Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
  • Thief of Thieves by Robert Kirkman, Nick Spencer and Shawn Martinbrough
  • Top 10 - Alan Moore and Gene Ha
  • Gotham Central - Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka and Michael Lark
  • Identity Crisis - Brad Meltzer, Rags Morales and Michael Bair
  • Sin City - Frank Miller
  • Stumptown - Ed Rucka and Matthew SouthWorth

The Wilkinson Lewis family:

  • Yes Hive Overlord
  • Music!
In Podcast Tags adapted from Donald Westlake, Al Ewing, Alan Moore, Batman ’66, Blacksad, Brad Meltzer, Britten & Brulightly, Brooke A- Allen, Chip Zdarsky, Darick Robertson, Darwyn Cooke, East of West, Ed Brubaker, Ed Rucka, Emma Rios, Fatale, Frank Miller, Gabriel Ba, Gene Ha, Gerard Way, Gotham Central, Grace Ellis, Greg Rucka, Hannah Berry, Henry Flint, Identity Crisis, Jonathan Hickman, Jordie Bellaire, Juan Díaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Lumberjanes, Mass Effect: Redemption, Matt Fraction, Matthew SouthWorth, Michael Bair, Michael Lark, Nick Dragotta, Nick Spencer, Noelle Stevenson, Parker, Pretty Deadly, Rags Morales, Robert Kirkman, Sean Philips, Sex Criminals, Shawn Martinbrough, Sin City, Steve Lieber, Stumptown, Thief of Thieves, Top 10, Transmetropolitan, Umbrella Academy, Warren Ellis, Whiteout, Zombo
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ConSequential Comics Podcast - Myth

Podcast Episode 16 – Myth (Part Two)

April 3, 2014

We're back on myth this week, looking at comics that create their own myths and discussing 19th century vs. contemporary mythic theory while swearing like troopers. Tell us you get that anywhere else. Liar.

We also set about tackling new some new releases, and generally being terrible people.

  • Blacksad - Juan Díaz Canales (writer) and Juanjo Guarnido
  • Secret Avengers - Ales Kot & Michael Walsh
  • Saga - Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples
  • Sex Criminals - Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarksy
  • Young Avengers - Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie
  • Phonogram - Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie
  • Chimichanga - Eric Powell
  • The Auteur - Rick Spears and James Callahan
  • The Black Project - Gareth Brookes
  • Just So Happens - Fumio Obata
  • Nextwave - Warren Ellis & Stuart Immonen
  • Planetary - Warren Ellis & John Cassaday
  • Jack Kirby's Fourth World - Jack Kirby
  • Grandville - Bryan Talbot
  • The Hero - David Ruben

And if you're into actual books:

  • The Hero With a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell
  • Mythopoeisis: Mythic Patterns in the Literary Classics - Harry Slochower
  • A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller
In Podcast Tags Ales Kot, Blacksad, Brian K Vaughan, Bryan Talbot, Chimichanga, Chip Zdarksy, Eric Powell, Fiona Staples, Fumio Obata, Gareth Brookes, Grandville, Harry Slochower, Jack Kirby, Jack Kirby's Fourth World, James Callahan, Jamie McKelvie, John Cassaday, Joseph Campbell, Juan Díaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido, Just So Happens, Kieron Gillen, Matt Fraction, Michael Walsh, Mythopoeisis: Mythic Patterns in the Literary Classics, NextWave, Phonogram, Planetary, Rick Spears, Saga, Secret Avengers, Sex Criminals, Smooshy Hegel Stuff, Stuart Immonen, The Auteur, The Black Project, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Warren Ellis, Young Avengers
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Horror Comics Podcast

Podcast Episode 13 - Horror Comics

January 31, 2014

There are a whole bunch of horror comics, and we help navigate you through some of the best of the last 50 years, stopping to define horror along the way and make off-colour jokes.

Contains slight spoilers for Adamtine at 30 minutes. Skip ahead if you're a delicate type.

Comics we covered this week:

  • The Hero
  • Judge Dredd: City of Courts
  • Deadly Class
  • Young Avengers
  • Locke and Key
  • Uzumaki
  • Witch Doctor
  • Adamtine
  • Sandman
  • Sex Criminals
  • From Hell
  • Family Man
  • Eerie
  • Creepy
  • Swamp Thing
  • Tomb of Dracula
  • Werewolf by Night
  • Crossed
  • Emily Carroll
  • Severed
  • American Vampire
  • Walking Dead
  • Hellblazer
  • Anya's Ghost
  • Three Shadows

That article about sexiness in Young Avengers.

In Podcast Tags Adamtine, American Vampire, Anya's Ghost, Creepy, Crossed, Deadly Class, Eerie, Emily Carroll, Family Man, From Hell, Hellblazer, horror, Judge Dredd: City of Courts, Locke and Key, Sandman, Severed, Sex Criminals, Spoopy!, Swamp Thing, The Hero, Three Shadows, Tomb of Dracula, Uzumaki, Walking Dead, Werewolf by Night, Witch Doctor, Young Avengers
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Podcast Episode 11 - Best Comics of 2013

Podcast Episode 11 - The Best Comics of 2013

December 11, 2013

Holy hell, it's the end of the year. That means only one thing: lists. Here's our review of the best comics of 2013, plus some that we didn't want to leave out so we just included them anyway but talked faster.

Scroll down for the list. It's carefully hidden at the bottom of the page so as not to ruin your listening enjoyment. While you're up here though, why not Subscribe in iTunes, via RSS, or throw charitable money at Music by Programmers, featuring our brilliant theme tune composer Chris Whitworth.

The list:

  • Mind MGMT
  • Sex Criminals
  • Six-Gun Gorilla
  • Aama
  • The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln
  • The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
  • Lighter Than My Shadow
  • Bad Machinery
  • Eustace

Honourable Mentions:

  • The Lengths
  • Copra
  • Naming Monsters
  • The Black Project
  • Prophet
  • Prince of Cats
  • Saga
  • OhJoySexToy
In Podcast Tags Aama, Bad Machinery, Copra, Eustace, Lighter Than My Shadow, Mind MGMT, Prince of Cats, Prophet, Sex Criminals, Six-Gun Gorilla, The Encyclopedia of Early Earth, The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln, The Lengths
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Consequential Podcast Episode 9 - Kickstarter

Podcast Episode 9 - Kickstarter

November 21, 2013

It's a bumper episode this week. More comics! More jokes! More interviews! More inexplicable digressions about cauliflower. These people got mad brassica love, yo. This week we look at Kickstarter, and all the good and bad that comes out of it, as well as interviewing cartoonist Lucy Bellwood with her experiences with 2 Kickstarter campaigns. Mentioned in this week's show:

  • True Believer
  • Cartozia Tales
  • The Black Beetle: No Way Out
  • Supermag
  • The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
  • Thor: Godbomb
  • Marshall Law
  • Mind MGMT
  • Molly Danger
  • Reich
  • Jezebel
  • Blue is the Warmest Colour
  • Anything That Loves
  • Sex Criminals
  • Afterlife Inc.
  • Oh Joy Sex Toy
  • Dresden Codak
  • The Authority
  • Beyond (queer sci-fi anthology)
  • Smut Peddler
In Podcast Tags Afterlife Inc-, Anything That Loves, Beyond, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Cartozia Tales, Cauliflower, Dresden Codak, Isabel Greenberg, Jason Aaron, Jezabel, Kickstarter, Lucy Bellwood, Marshall Law, Mind MGMT, Molly Danger, Oh Joy Sex Toy, Reich, Sex Criminals, Smut Peddler, Supermag, The Authority, The Black Beetle: No Way Out, The Encyclopedia of Early Earth, Thor: Godbomb, True Believer
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Podcast Episode 7

Podcast Episode 7 - Women and Comics

October 12, 2013

The whole monolithic business of comics hasn't been especially great to women historically, and in recent weeks there's been a flare up of tone deaf and flat-out stupid anti-woman statements from some of the biggest names in comics. What can we do? Have a bloody good moan, as it turns out. We also look over some recent releases.

Covered this week:

  • Chew
  • Hawkeye
  • Young Avengers
  • Six-Gun Gorilla
  • East of West
  • Five Ghosts: The Haunting of Fabian Grey
  • Sailor Twain
  • Yes Hive Overlord
  • Sex Criminals
  • Chip Zdarsky's Watchmen 2 Treatment (NSFW or anywhere else)

Disclaimer: Alex Hern and Cara Ellison were never at The Spectator. It was the other one. New Statesman. With all the socialists.

In Comics Culture, Podcast Tags Chew, Chip Zdarsky, East of West, Five Ghosts: The Haunting of Fabian Grey, Hawkeye, Matt Fraction, Sailor Twain, Sex Criminals, Six-Gun Gorilla, Watchmen 2, Yes Hive Overlord, Young Avengers
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